From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Carolyn
Diaz
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 1:31 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: [WSG] PDFs and other non-html files opening in a new browser window
My Web team and I are discussing whether or not we should open links to PDFs
and other
non-html pages in a new window. Someone cited Jakob Nielsen's argument at
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/open_new_windows.html as the reason we should
open in a new
window. (We all work on government Web sites and they are about to release a
new set of
linking standards.)
I agree with Nielsen:
4. Best of all, prevent the browser from opening the document in
the first place.
--
Chris F.A. Johnson <http://chris.woodbine-gerrard.com>
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